Talking-toy mechanism



` Marh 30,1926. 1,578,503

' F EVANS v TALKING TOY MECHANISM" -Filed March 21,l 192s N VEN ToR. FRED Er/Mr.

Q5 JWM ATTORNE:

Patented Mar. 30, 1926. i

ERED EvANs, 0E sIIMMIT, NEW JERSEY, AssIGNoR, EY MEsNE PATENT OFRECE voIoEs INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION 0E DELAWARE. l

TALKING-TOY MECHANISM.

Application led March 21, 1923. Serial No. 626,499.

mechanism of the class described whichv may not only be cheaply constructed,l but which is ruggedl enough to withstand rough usage'and which is keticientinf operation.

Further and more speciiic objects, features and advantages will more clearly appear from the detail description below. I

rIn the accompanying drawing, wherein I have shown 'a preferred form of embodiment of my invention, Figure shows a viewof the device in partial vertical crosssection. Y

Figure 2 is a transverse cross-section on the line 2, 2 in Figure 1*; e

With reference now to' the drawings wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts througho-ut thjel views thereof, the reference character 1 designates a tubular casing, preferably `formed of some-light, ,cheap material such as cardboard or fibre and ordinarily formed in the shape ofa cylinder. One end of this cas-` ing will be preferably closed by a head 2 and mounted intermediate the ends of the casing is a head 3 peripherally channeiled.'

Overlying this channel and held-therein byl a spring ring is the marginal edge of a cir-y eumfei'entially creased tubular bellows 5, the upper end of this bellows being" closed by a weighted disc or head 6, `Preferably, the bellows will bev constructed of some cheap air-proof material such as rubberized fabric, and the disc 6' will be made of east lead. The head 3 is providedwith'an aper-.

ture 7, and on the outer face ofthe 'head and overlying this apertureis 'a chamber 8, in one wall of' which is mounted a reed Positioned on thevhead 3 centrally thereof is a chamber or passageway 10, this chamber `f lying in contact Awith `the chamber 8 and sopositioned thatthe reed 9`will,y open into the. "'f

Thus air lis adapted. to pass,l

chamber 10. through the'reed pipe between'the bellows ASSIGNMENTS, To

and thechainber or passageway 10 toelfect a sounding Iof the reed ofthe reed pipe. Chamber 10 is further provided with an orifice or opening 11 leading to the outside at-v mosphere. Attached to the Vweight 6 4centrally thereofv is a rod 12 whichH projects through the head 3 and into the` chamber 10.' Mounted on the end of thisjrod are spaced discs 13 and 14, these discs being profl vided with extending peripheral Vflanges or piston valve 'portionsl and'vl, made ofa flexible material and being of such design as to lie closely in contact with tlie"iniier walls' of the chamber 10.

It will beunderstood that .devices oifthis I character are ordinarilyto be employed in connection with toys and the particular device here shown is designed for use in a talkf ing doll, being commerciallyv known as a`l The operation of the des Voice for dollsf vi'ce is as follow-s:

with ai@ parts in the position indicated',

in Figurel and the weight 6 freeto move` under the influence of gravity so as lto collapse the' bellowsl 5, the d'ownwardmo've; nient of the weight will cause an expulsion of air from the interior ef the bellows. This expelled air will pass through the reed and into that part of the'chamber 10 which'is delined between the flanges 15 andrl, being y confined therein, inasmuch as the flanges are lrelatively air-tight.` v l V Accordingly, since `iioair escapes/to the atmosphere,l little vor no sound will be proi duced, lolitasv thel'od 121movesy down withv the weight,fthe first ange 15, will eventually passbeyondthe oriice'fll, .whereupon the air expelled from the interior ofthe bellows will be free to pass into the atmos-- phere, it being understood that the discsxlt and 15 are spaced such a. distance apart as to permit the reed to be in communication with the atmosphere through the orificeV 11 for a brief instant of time.

vWhen the flange 15 has passedbeyond the orifice 11 and the flange 16 beyond-thereed pipe 9, the continued downward movement f f of the. weighteollapsing -thebellews will -i force air through the i'eedrinto the chamber above theliange 16, but eventually the yflange 16,; will ride beyond the orifice 1l s whereupon the expelled air may pass into the atmosphere withl the production o-a second nOteUTliefianges-on the rod-1Ql are so spaced as to-provideffor. twoV syllables rapidly enunciated, thus Y producing a ma-ma? cry, the second syllable of thecrycontinuing -as long as there is air to be eX- pelled from the bellows.` '.lhen-the rod l2 has passedto its downward'limit of travel,Y

the sound ceases,whereuponthe dollwill be changedin position Vso that the vparts maybe moved by gravity to the position indicated in vFigure l, the weight' being heldat itsoutward lini'itof travel and being releasedl therefromso as to collapsethe bel-lows only when the'doll has been moved again.

filt will be seenthat- I have provideda sound producing mechanism `well adapted to attain the ,variousl aims and objects vpreviously set forth.. -T'heedeviceis made oi' a l few. inexpensive parts, readily assembled and easilymounted. and concealed in po-r sitiony Y As lmany changes ycould be inade in vthis construction .without departing from -the scopevofthe following claims, it'is intended scription or shown in the vaccompanying Vdraw-ings Vshally be :interpreted as illustrative yonly.and.not in a limiting sense.`

I claim. as new .and desire tosecure Letters Patent isz..

1. A device of the class'described having in combination a casing, a bellowsstherein having twosheads, one being weighted and movable toward and from the other lby gravi ty, a chamber securedlto oneoi" said heads and communicating .with the interior of the y bellows byv a passage through the head, a

second chamber secured to the same head andV `a reed: pipe Yconnecting said -t-wofcliainbers, lsaid, last mentioned chamber having a side 'openingto the atmosphere and a piston valve movable in said last mentioned chamber pasty f .said side opening to control theEiSSuanCe of ing,. in f' combination, a casing, a head sound from the reed pipe to theatmosphere. V2., A device ofthe class.describedcoinpris;

mountedy intermediate the endsv thereof, ,a

' bellowsv attached to one face otsaid head.

that allA matter contained-in theabove de` Having thus described myV invention, what prising, in'coiiibination, a casing, a head mounted intermediate the ends tliei-eo't, a

bellows attached to one faceof saidhead having a weight mounted in its free end, a chamber provided with a reed and in coinmumcation Wlth the intentar 0f saidbellQirS,

va cylindricalchamber.having a side opening p to the atmosphere and in communication withsaid reed, a rod attached to said weight and extending into said last named chamber, and spaced piston-,valves mounted on the end of said rod and movableV past the said side opening to control` the Aflowof air.

through said reed to Vtheatmosphere upon the collapse of said bellows.'v l Y f 4. A device of the class described taclied vto one l-ace of said head having a weight mounted 1n itsvfree end, a chamber provided with a reed andin communication with ythe interiorof saidbelloiws, a 4cylin`dri' cal chamberliaving a side opening lto the atmosphere and in communication-with said reed, a. rodi attached'to said lweight and,l eX- tending throughsaid head into the interior of said last vnamed chamber and spaced-`v valves providedwith peripheral yflanges lying in intima-te contact vwith Vthe interior walls'of said chamber, saidvalvesabeingfso disposed on said rod as normally .to `cut oit compris-v ing, in combination, ac asing, a headmounted. intermediate the-ends thereof, Va bellows at the communication of said reed.; with Vthe` atmosphere, but operable by thelmovement .of said weight'to place said reedsuccessively in and out ofcommunication with-fthe atmosphere. f

5. 'A device of the 'class described `lia'vingfin combination a bellows having two heads,lone being weighted and lmovable towardand from the other by gravity, a chamberf car` ried byoneof said heads, a reed pipe through which air is adapted to pass between the bellows and said chamber, said: chamber vhaving a side opening tothe atmosphereyand .a pist-on valve 'actuated` responsive' tov the opl-k eration of the bellows, andffmovable .in said last mentioned chamber past-.Said Side, @perkV 111g yto control the issuance`v of 1 sound :from the-reed pipe. f i

6. A devicefof the classfdescribedliaving in 4`combination abellows having two heads,

one -being weigh-ted and movable .toward and f from the other byy gravity, a passageway car-V ried by one of said heads, a reed pipe through whichV air is'l adapted `to pass between said bellows and said passageway, said passage way having a side vopening to the outside atmosphere, and a piston valve actuated responsive to the operationoil the bellows, and slidable inv said passageway., past said vside opening to Vcontrolv the issuance oltsoundl from thereed'pi'pe.v

` 7. A device of the'class described having in combination a bellows having two f lieads, one VbeingV weigh-ted and movabletoward and from the other by gravity, a passageway carried by one of said heads, a reed pipe through which air is adapted to pass bev tween said bellows and said passageway, said passageway having a side opening to the outside atmosphere, and a piston valve actuated responsive to the operation of the bellows, and having two transverse valvey portions slidabiein said passagewyl past said v side opening to control the issuance of sound 10k from the reed pipe.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

FRED EVANS. 

